Picture from Mac not Displaying in PowerPoint on a PC

In article , Rob
wrote:
> On Feb 29, 3:52 pm, Steve Rindsberg wrote:
> > In article , Rob
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Feb 28, 9:57 am, Steve Rindsberg wrote:
> > > > > On a related issue, I have a perplexing (to me) problem. I have put
> > > > > together a ppt presentation on a mac PB using ppt.v.X. I burned it to
> > > > > a cd using Toast v.7., making a hybrid, mac/windows compatible. Here's
> > > > > what I don't understand: It plays fine on the Mac. It also plays fine
> > > > > on an old Dell loaded with ppt. v.97. But when I try to play the cd on
> > > > > the Windows XP (Boot Camp) side of my new 24" iMac several of the
> > > > > graphics don't show. On the XP side I only have ppt. viewer, not the
> > > > > full ppt program. Is the ppt viewer the problem?
> >
> > > > Try reducing Graphics Hardware Acceleration in XP:
> >
> > > > How to set graphics hardware acceleration backhttp://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00129.htm
> >
> > > Thanks for the suggestion Steve. But reducing graphics acceleration
> > > didn't help. Strange thing is that I have several ppt presentations,
> > > which I have used for years. Only one acts strangely on my XP system.
> > > Perhaps I'll try to reinsert the graphics. I'm not certain, but it's
> > > possible that I dragged them into the ppt window when I should have
> > > "inserted" them.
> >
> > Another thing you can try from the Windows side is "round-tripping"
> > This can help to remove corrupted objects that might be causing odd problems.
> >
> > HTML "Round-tripping" to repair corruptionhttp://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00526.htm
> >
> > Our free StarterSet addin for PPT automates this for you:
> >
> > http://www.pptools.com/starterset/
> >
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> Steve, reinserting the missing graphics solved the problem. What I
> don't understand is that the presentation worked under previous
> versions of Windows, but not in XP on my iMac.
>

Hard to say why, but in some cases, especially when presentations are edited a lot, PPT
could lose its "pointers" to image data, particularly in older versions; it's not
totally fixed (or rather, I suspect MS hasn't tracked down and fixed all the various
causes), but newer versions than 97 are less fragile in this regard.

Still ... why in XP but not in other Windows versions? Very odd.
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"bdaul@officeformac.com" wrote:

> Isn't a leader in new computing technology...
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Are you kidding??? Where do you find any support for such a statement?

Most of the technological improvements you see on PCs was developed &
standardized on the Mac first - and many of them still aren't there or have
to be 'added on'. PCs didn't even know what a mouse, hi-res graphics or GUI
were until several years after the Mac introduced them. Not to even try
listing everything, but just a very few other items of more recent vintage:

Support for 8 GB RAM
PCI
PCMCIA
USB
Firewire
SATA
eSATA
Bluetooth
....and, oh, what about the Macbook Air?

Just 'cause it's pretty doesn't mean there isn't a beast within - do you
also believe there's no such thing as a beautiful blonde with brains?:-)

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
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> I am getting a message from a couple of slided in my PowerPoint presentation
> that I created on my Mac and am trying to run on a PC that say:
>
> QuickTime and a
> TIFF(LZW) decompressor
> are needed to see this picture.
>
> What is this and how do I fix this?

This is a classic problem, reading the replies here (except those that decided to drift off topic) many came up with solutions.

I work conferences where I can see dozens of presentations come through each day. Thus I'm always keen to have a quick solution so I can move onto the next presenter.

Yes you can ...

1. Export the offending slides as jpg (loses any animations of course). Important to set the output resolution to 1024x768 or better. Bit annoying and time consuming.

2. Save as picture, export, photoshop and all variations mentioned here. Then reinsert - size - animate as per original.

3. Easiest and quickest.
Use the photo edit tools in Mac Powerpoint. Click on the scratch tool then draw a small line on a solid part of the image (usually a white area is good). powerpoint converts the image to a 'normal' picture format when it fixes the scratch.

Using the third technique I can very quickly get a presentation going again. It helps to have a PC and mac side-by-side to quickly find the ofending pictures. Does sometimes adjust brightness/contrast a little, or if you pick an area with a mark in it and can mess things up. Just undo and pick a new spot. You only need to draw a short line.

This is the quickest way I know, particularly when you have a presenter over your shoulder. The conferences I work are always PC based (just too expensive to provide mac and pc in each room along with additional av switch gear) so we regularly convert mac to pc with little worries at all these days.

kraves.
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> > I am getting a message from a couple of slided in my PowerPoint presentation
> > that I created on my Mac and am trying to run on a PC that say:
> >
> > QuickTime and a
> > TIFF(LZW) decompressor
> > are needed to see this picture.
> >
> > What is this and how do I fix this?
>
I recently have had problems with some pictures (not all) in my Powerpoint not showing up when run on a PC. I always Insert Pictures from a file, so that is not the issue.
My question is - when inserting a picture, there is a choice to 1) link or 2) save with the document. Both options can be checked. What are the differences between the choices and does that impact whether the picture is seen on a PC? Thanks, :eyeroll:
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Kraves - My daughter has a powerpoint project she needs to redo because of the photo problem. I tried to figure out the "scratch" technique, but wasn't able to find the photo edit tools you spoke of. Can you give me a few more details? Thanks!
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Bone:
Sure, the "remove scratch" button is on the Picture toolbar.
View Menu -> Toolbars -> Picture

If you make the scratch line too short with your mouse it won't do anything.
A little progress bar appears saying removing scratch when you've got it right.

Kyle.
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I run into this all the time.

What I do is select and cut the offending image (on the Mac), and choose paste special and put it back into the doc as a PDF (picutre might also work - I have not tried it yet.).

Now that I've figured this out, when I am creating new docs and if I am copying and pasting images from other docs (or screen captures), my workflow is as follows: Copy > Paste> Cut> Paste Special. That seems to do the trick for me.

Cheers.
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> I recently have had problems with some pictures (not all) in my Powerpoint
not showing up when run on a PC. I always Insert Pictures from a file, so that
is not the issue.
> My question is - when inserting a picture, there is a choice to 1) link or 2)
save with the document. Both options can be checked. What are the differences
between the choices and does that impact whether the picture is seen on a PC?
Thanks, :eyeroll:

If you link, all that PPT keeps in the presentation is a "pointer" to the file
on your hard drive. When the user opens the presentation, the link tells PPT
"Go here, get the picture from this file, display it."

If you send the file to somebody else, PPT will have a hard time with the "Go
here" part when it points back to your computer. ;-)

As a general rule, unless you have a very good reason for linking and
understand the pitfalls, you'll want to choose embed.

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> I am getting a message from a couple of slided in my PowerPoint presentation
> that I created on my Mac and am trying to run on a PC that say:
>
> QuickTime and a
> TIFF(LZW) decompressor
> are needed to see this picture.
>
> What is this and how do I fix this?
>
> I normally don't have a problem with pictures from my Mac to my PC. but I
> do in a few cases where I get this.
>
> The PowerPoint works fine on the Mac.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom.
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Tom,
First of all, there may be something on the PC you're using that it does not have. You may need to contact Microsoft about this, but, you may also want to check how you're saving your PowerPoint. If you're saving it as a 98-2003, it may not be able load the pictures. But, if you're saving it as a 2007-2008, it's something that the PC needs to load the pictures.
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